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Sub poena is basically a rubber stamp after filling out a form. Often done in secret with the barest of oversight. A warrant requires a bit more justification a
by surge 5y ago
Sub poena is basically a rubber stamp after filling out a form. Often done in secret with the barest of oversight. A warrant requires a bit more justification at least.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 5y ago> Sub poena is basically a rubber stamp after filling out a form. Do you have a source for that?
- lazide 5y agoOldie but a goodie, and I doubt the numbers have improved - but essentially they are never denied for FISA at least. Which is basically the definition of rubber stamping no? [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/us-spy-court-didnt-reject-a-single-secret-government-demand-for-data/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.zdnet.com/google-amp/articl...]
- dane-pgp 5y agoThe obvious counter-argument, unfortunately, is that the government has a clear idea of which requests the FISA court would reject, and therefore never bothers making such requests. That would mean the court is correctly preventing executive overreach and there's nothing to worry about.
- lazide 5y agoEven agents randomly screwing up would produce higher reject rates - 99%+ approval rates practically means no one is even looking no?